The Influence Peddler: Where's Tom?

Thursday, November 30, 2006

First-man-out-of-the-gate Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa officially launches his contrarian campaign for the Presidency (or, more honestly, the Vice Presidency) today. His home-state Democratic Party organ, the Des Moines Register, writes him off with a patronising piece of editorialisation and analysis dressed up as a news story covering the launch. The Register probably is still holding a candle for Swift Boat/Juke Box hero John Kerry, but they also seem to have caught the Rorschach fever for Barack Obama.

Gov. Vilsack's upcoming peregrinations do draw attention to the rapidly-setting Democratic primary schedule, which Influence Peddler operatives will be following closely:

Anonymous said...: Five years ago I interviewed Tom Vilsack on a Walk Across Iowa. It is the second interview on Episode 59 of "Perils For Pedestrians", now available on Google Video at:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Perils+For+Pedestrians%22

Contents of Episode 59 (2001):
--A new safety device for transit buses.
--Governor Vilsack walks across Iowa.
--The Fifth Annual Native American Lifesavers Conference in Bismarck, ND.
--Pedestrians form 25 percent of traffic fatalities in Indian Country.
--Bike-Walk Virginia meets in Charlottesville, VA.
--An old pedestrian mall is seeing new life in Charlottesville, VA.
--The League of American Bicyclists hosts a legislative summit in Washington, DC.
--The Thunderhead Alliance promotes local bicycle advocacy.

Thank you.

John Z Wetmore
www.pedestrians.org; 4:30 PM

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